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APPucATmN FILED unv l?, 1915.

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Patented May 15,1917.

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F. E. HAND. PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.y I?. |915.

. Patented May 15, 1917.

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APPLICATHJN FILED Hoy/111.19m.

` Patented May 15, 1917.` l

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,Be it known that I, Fnnniinicii E. HAND, "citizen of the United States, residing at lvansville, in the county 'ofv VVanderburg andState of Indiana, vhave invented cert-ain new :and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such nas will enable others skilled in Ib" the ,art towhich it appertains to make and usgxthesame. I .f

;-,;.This invention relates to plows, and has foi "an object to provide improved means M .f djusting the `depth of the furrow with- Vl'ougt interfering `with the' means for raising i the plowlout of the furrow.

111A yfurther object of the invention is to mvide yboth manual and mechanical means mi? or v liftin the plow with adjusting means, tosmthatw en theplow is lowered it always y cuts-1a ,certain depth of furrow without adjustmentfat eaehloweri .f Mufurther object of t e invention is to a' ,i m.

oiuiaiusing the plow with new and improved moans" for actuating from a point removed from the .plow frame as, for instance,V at a tra ifflocatedin front of the plow frame. objects in view the 30. mventionlconsists in certain novel features of-ioonstruction, combination and arrange` mentiof parts as will be hereinafter more fullyzdescribedandclaimed. I am In the` drawings Eigure 1 is a-perspective view provedplow seen from the furrow side. l Figsv "is a perspective yview of the imfurrow side and proved plow seen from the aan therear` of thel plow. Figi' 3`fis a perspectiveview of the im roved plow'seen from the land side with the andcwheel raised to plowing position. is an renlargedperspective view :froinf the `front showingl the operating parts 0f the -p'low structure. is y Fi isa perspective view from the land sidelghdwing'the power hoist.

t8 is lfair'elevation of thief pvortioii:,olfy

npower hoist for the land wheeL- Fig. 7 is an elevation of an adjustable link connection controlled by one of the main levers.

Like characters 'of reference designate Specification of Letters Patent.

de `anew andimproved power hoisting of the im- VIfjBEDEIcx E. HAND, or' EvANsvILLE, INDIANA, AssIGNon To THE vULcAnPLoW COMPANY, or EvANsvILLE, INDIANA. i

secured together adjustably by the braces 12 and are pro- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Patented May 15, 1917.1 Application and November 17, 1915. serial No. 62,021.

vided at their forward ends with ears 13 for attaching draft as, .for instance, a tractor. A connecting structure composed of plates Maud 15 is provided with a pluialityof openings whereby the beams may be differ-MV ently spaced to turn furrows of different widths.` l

Attached to the beams 11 arev bearin 16 and 17 in which is joui-naled a bent axle?, 18 journaling the furrow wheel 19, while other carrying the land wheel 23. Y

Rigidly secured to the frame composed of the beams 11 and their braces is a segment 24 properly and rigidly braced by the braces 25. The segment 24 22 mounted inthe bearings 20 and 21, and :a lever 26 is pivoted upon. the crank 22 and `cngaligfes the segment .24'y in lthe usual well-` bearings 2O and 21 journal'laucrank shaft 22 y n Y is concentricallv' ,mounted relative to the portion of the crank whereby this `is seo accomplished being hereinafter .fully dethe power hoist form part.

rscribedv in connection with of which the connecting` clement-s `Thefurrow wheel. 19 is also arranged to the=frame` be raised and lowered relative to simultaneously with. the raising and lower' ,fingvfof the land wheel, suchconnectionbeing by ,'nieans of ai lever with the axle 18 and able link connection rigidly mounted upon the crank 22. The variable link connection between the levers 27 and 2S comprises a bar 29 pivotally con operating by a variwith the lever 28 10o 27 rigidly connected the lever 28 is actuated by the actuation of the lever 2 6 the lever 27 will -ulso.be-

actuated, but its position relative to the lever 28 may be changed manually as above described; and as thc lever 27 controls the position of the furrow wheel it is obvious that by setting the lever 33 the relation between the furrow .wheel and land wheel `will he changed and that the `operation of raisin the plows out of the ground will not disturb such ladjustment. so that they maybe raised and lowered' without necessitating thezreadjustment when lowered to plowing position.

`The construction just described is claimed vin my divisional application 107,658, led

.nary 5, 191s.

o assist in the raisin of the plows by the manipulation of the vever 26, or by the power hoist to be hereinafter described, springs 36 and 37 arc employed-the spring 36 being pivotally connected to the lever 27 as at 38. while the spring v37 is connected with the lever 28 by means of the link 39. The springs 36 and 37 are connected to the draft lates 14 and 15 as shown more particulary -at Fig. 4. Y.

Also secured to the crank 22 is a lever 40 which is connected with the lever 41 through the medium of the link 42, means being provided as the chain 43 which permits a certain amount of independent motion of the lever 40 without affecting4 the lever 41. The lever 41 is connected by means ofifl link 44 with the caster standard 45 which journals the caster wheel 46. The caster psrts are carriedl rigidly upon one of the ams 11 bythe use of a frame in`- cluding a late 48, best shown in Fig. 3, and secu directly to beam 11 on one side thereof and secured to the other side of the beam by braces 47 and 48. The rear end of brace 47 serves as a fulcrum for lever 41. The up r end of standard45 cum block 45 w ich is retained in 1- tio'n by fork 47 shown in Fig. 3 and iav-` ing its forward end secured to the beam.

In addition to the manual means for raising and lowering the plows relative to the wheel a ower hoist is also provided comprising a a1-ing member 49 rigidly secured to the crank 22 and journaling a stuhaxlc 50 directly upon which the land wheel 23 is ournalcd Member 22 is termed anaxle fJ to wheel 23 und tbe frame similar to that sustained by axle 1S to wheel i9 and the adapted to hold theroller or the reason that it has a relation frame. The relation, however, is not identical, for member 50 operates in conjunction ever 56 and connected thereto by means of v the link 60. A spring 61 is rovided connected preferably with the ever 58 and 55 normally in engagement with the scallops .54. The

levers 56 and 58 respectively carry arms 62 and 63. The disk 51 is also provided with ears 64 and 65 itioned adjacent the arms 62 and 63. A ever 66 is pivoted at 67 and a spring 68 is provided for controlling the lever '66 and holding such lever normally` with the roller 69 carried thereby in engagement with one of the ears 64 or 65 of thc disk 51. lVllen the roller 69 engages one of the ears as 65. shown at Fig. 5, it slides into engagement with the cam fare 70 of the lever (S2-or 63 thereby extending the' sn'ing 61 aud out o engagement with the scallops 54 of the flange 53. lVhcn, however, the lever 66 is manipulated as, for instance, by the tightening of the cable 7l. roller 69 is drawn out drawing thev roller 554 of engagement with the lever 63 and the' ear 65, lpermitting the miler 55 to engage the scalo s 54'and rotate the disk 51 and the stub-s aft 50 which is` rigidly sect red thereto. It will be noted that the baxle 50 is e(provided with anV arm 72 ich is connect by means ofa link 73 w' vthe levcr 26, a spring 74 being employed' enpaging the bracket 75 through which the ink 3 slides-ther arm 72 and link 73 when in the position shown at Fig. 5 eerving to connect the lever 26 with th stubaxle 50 and consequently with th crank 22 so that the crank 22 is raised and ovveredv by manipulatin the lever. When, however, the stub-ax gagement of the roller 56 with the sca-llops 54 of the flange 53 the arm 72 is rotated therewith, and the distance between thenter of the stub-axle 50' and the lever 26 is sliortenedhy the rotation 72 to the position shown 3 wherein the arm 72 is thenin its lowered position .of the arm ns e 50 is rotated by the enl wah uw a a4 of maak snagged by the roller 69 in which position the land wheel is raised or the plow frame is lowered to operativa position. while in the position shown at Fig. 5 the land wheelie lowered, or conversely. the flame is rained out. of operative position.

y mesmoV It is obvious that when the device is iised in connection with a. tractor the atractioneer may operate the cable r71 whereby the clutch is operated to permit one-half revolution of the disk 51, and that at the next halfl revolution the opposite ear '64 or 65 and consequently the lever 62 or 63 is engaged whereby the clutch is thrown out of operative position. It makes no difference Whether the Vraised above the slplrface- `the slubfaxle and the lever 26 plow is up or down, a similar manipulation of the lever 66 through-the mediumof-the cable 71 releases such clutch and permitsa half revolution ofthe disk 51 yto the opposite position. If, then; the` plow manipulation of the cable 7l will raise it out of plowing position, and if it is out of plowing positionthe manipulation of the cable71 will lower it to plowing position.

At Figs. 1- and 2 the plow bottoms have been -shown with a blockY supporting such 'plow`.s, it being understood that the block is lused only to more clearly illustrate in a perthat the plows are of the ground; while at Fig. 3 lthe land wheel is shown with a ,b ook underneath, it being understood of course that this block is employed only to illustrate that the plow is in plowing condition with the plow bottoms and the furspective View the fact row wheel`19 in position for the bottom of the furrow while .theland wheel is inposition to travel upon the topof the land. y

' In operation, the lever 26 is adjusted until the plows arejrunning,r at the required depth, and so long as the plowing;l is to be continued atv the uniform depth the lever 2li need not be further adjusted. At the end when the plow is to be turned the same may he accomplished by actuating the manual lcv'er 2G, which, through the medium ofthe link 73 and arm 72, causes the raising of the plow frame relative to the land wheel' 23. If the plor is operatedas from a tractor, however. it is not necessary to actuatc the manual levcr 26, but thc same result is acconn-lished h v actualirngr the cable 71 and lholevcr 6F, causing` the clutch to he actuated hy the land wheel 23 as hereinbefore `4`desc-,ribcd torotac the disk 51 andvwith it the arm 72 to lengthen the distance between the same isaccomplished.

j'hcnl-ho plow is to be transported froml lil-.lll tf) to raise the plow still a greater ydistance- 'ffe'ld for instance, andl it is desired above the grounddlhe power hostand clutch may be :nrtuatrd'to throw the arm -72 'upwarrll 'as shown at Fifi. 5 which raises thc plows. and the manual lever 26 may he fn-r-` lIu-r arl uatcd loi-allee thc plowsa still greater 'l'isla'rlee with the oxtrrnntses of the'axle '18 and orankQ? "nearly vertical as shown at lillingshown al` Figs. 1 and 2 being;r that at Fig. l the plows arc'liftcd -totheir cxtreme is plowing. thel whereby l limit as'ffindicated by the high block, Lwhile at Fig. 2 theyare lifted only by the use of the power 'hoist as indicated by the short. block. `V ,l r

The operation of,the caster issubstan" tially as ,followsz' When the crank 22 is rocked to lower the jaxis of thel wheely 23 and relatively raise the frame, the caster wheel 46 is simultaneously pressed down'-y wardly by the forward -pull of thel link. 42 through its chain 43 which is connected 5to' f# the'lever V40, this action rocking the. lever 41 so that its horizontal armV is 'ijes'sedL downwardly, this relatively raising t liteit fi end ofthe frame `11 during which actio'nith stem 45 of ythe caster-wheel' slides down'be tweenthe guides 48 and 4 8 and the li kf 47` swings on -its pi'votal'connecti'r`i wi ligf' the rear cud ofthe frame 11 carryingdown-'i'`KC 'wardly with -it the swivel box in"-whr the fif-ai-nc, a handlever 'having oneend-ifiv-if' f otally mounted on the-'upper horizontal part of the crank member, locking .means for the hand lever, anaxlc for the Wheel having rotatable Iconnection with the lower end of the crank memberV on the frame and provided with a crank, means connectingthe crank with the lever, a clutch device on the hub of the wheel, a complementary clutch device on' the axlc andconhected thereby with the lever and means fo'rcil'ecting the engagementof the'clntch icvices. v

2. In a plow, a frame, a supporting Wheel, a crank member having.;r axial bearin on=the frame, a hand lcvcr having one en ivot ally connected lo the 'upper horizontal poi*- t-io'n of thccrank memlwr,` a crankedstubaxle fortho 'wheel having rotatable connec- ,ti'on with the' lower ond of theol-ank mem` ber, vicldablc means 4operatively connecting thc crank of the axle with the lever, a clutch device on thev hub of the wheel, la comple'- mentary clutch dcvico on the axle and com nectcd thereby witlrthe lever and. means .for effecting the engagement of the clutch devices. i

3. In a plow a frame, u supportingwheel and axle there' or, means Vfor-con'necting the wheel land 'arie ,at will, if hand-lover audits lock, a crank member having-,nihil bearings on the frame and Awith .its upper horizontal A portion having pivotalv connection wlth one ond of thc lever, 'sanl'connection being in substantial alncmcnt with 'thebcaringson- 13o movedfso J coninactionA with 'thcflowcr end o the crank` nicnil'ner,n u, crank arm on one ond, of the u x'le ndmQanscOiinecting the crunk arm 'jj-4,' 'Inn low ja frame, n' supporting.wheel,l

zlc't fiere: or, u hnnd'lever und its lock, luber having axial bearings on und with its upper horizontal d -of Vtliellever,,said connection being in su ntinlnlinemelt with .the bearings on the. f raiiii'e,` n'nd/lhe `QnxlcV havin Vrotatable fonncction with the-lower end o "{invmbc'lg :i crunk vv'firm-oir ne ci d of the axle, lucnns conncctinguthe 'mk aitrm w'i-th'thc Vlover,1und1clutchv` :mism 'between the iixle'and wheel. v

4iinil :abile therefor, n clutch for connecting `the wheel-und iixlc", n hand Ieierginjd itsflo'cl'c, crank'v member 'having 'n'Xinl bearings `on Ithc frainie, und with itsv upper horizontal y portion having pivotal connection with one 2S cndfofthc levor,"thc mile4 haring rotatable connection withl thelowcrend ofthe crank i1' having pivotal-'l connection with one y and slidably vconnected to the lever and a,-

spring mountedvon said flink-and reacting on the 'latter andthe lever.

6. The combination with n plow embody-v'l ing 'a frame, a plow bottom and u supporting Wheel, of a crankhuving at its upperend e horizontal shaft onv the frame, .ulstub-axle for s'aid Wheel carried aralle'lly und rotatably bythe lowerl end) of the crank and journaling the I wheel thereon,v a clutch to connect the stub-axle and wheel at will, manually controlled mea-ns on said crankshaft controlling the clutch', a crank .arm carried by the stubax le,'and n hand lever having pivotal connection with the-up er horizontal portions of the crank and havin spring controlled connection with the cru arm on the stub shaft.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses. y

` FREDERICK E. HAND.

Witnesses? Y JOHN H'. BERRYHILL, LESLIE Llll-.'Tr-Ioisms. 

